Bulgarian Customs Seize Two Guns, Ammo in Car Arriving from Turkey

Bulgarian customs officers at Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint have found two guns and 5,200 rounds of ammunition for them hidden in a car with Austrian registration entering from Turkey on Thursday morning.

A man and a woman – both of them Turkish citizens - who travelling in the car, have been detained, Bulgaria’s Customs Agency said in a statement.

One of the guns was hidden in package containing washing powder. The second one was dismantled and its parts were found wrapped in foil inside empty boxes of medicines. The rounds of ammunition were stashed in packs of washing powder.

The Customs Agency didn’t disclose the final destination of the car.

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